Whenever the voice went out of his mouth, all who heard his voice melted, like the wax melts when it feels the fire.
KJV
2 Esdras 13:4
And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.
Parallel Translations
And when the voyce went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voyce, as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fyre.